Rail-joint.



J. A. KIMBALL, DEGD.

E. II. MUPHBBTERS, ADMINISTRATOR.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY a, 1910.

msgos Patented. Nov.. '7, 1911.

' Unire srarns `Para r orion.

JOHN A. KIMBALL, Dnonnsnn, LATE or eLoBnARizoNA irnnnrronr; naar n.;

Merrrnnrnns, ADMINISTRATOR. y

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Nov.- 751,911;

Application filed July 8, 1910. Serial No. 571,006.

fo all 'whom it may concern.'

'Be it known that JOHN A. KTMBALL, late a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Globe, Gila county, Arizona Territory, did invent a certain new and useful Improvement in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to rail joints of that kind inl which two rails are connected together by means of bars or plat-es bolted thereto.

AGenerally stated, the object of the inventibn is the provision otan improved and highly1 eliicient rail joint.

A special object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the ordinary angle bars or fish plates. will not be necessa1y,'and whereby the joints will be more eifectually prevented from giving or working loose, thus preventing, or tending to prevent, the wheels from battering -or pounding the ends of the rails.

It is also an object to provide certain details and `features of improvement tending to increase the general etliciency of a rail joint of this particular character.

In the accompanyingr drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective ot a rail joint embodying the principles of the invention, the same heilig viewed from the outer side of the rail. F ig.

2 is a perspective ofthe plate which is ap' plied to the inner side of the joint, and which passes under the ends of the rails to the outer side thereof. Fig, 3 is a cross seotion of the said joint. Fig. Ltis a perspective or' the angle bar that forms a part ot' the joint, and that is applied to the outer side thereof.

s thus illustrated, the rails A and l are arranged end to end and supported in the plate C. It will be seen that this plate is composed of side portions c and c', the latter being son'lewhat higher than the former and having' a rounded or enlarged inner edge portion e2. The two side portions o and 0 are joined together' by a flat base portion o upon which the rails are supported. The inner side portion c has extending upwardly therefrom, at its inner edge, a vertical portion o which tits within and bears against the inner side of the rails. The angle bar l) is interposed between the plate C and the outer side of the rails, and is provided with a groove (Z that receives the portion c2, whereby the latter is prevented from movin@ away or outwardly from the side of the rai The two plates C and D thus provided-are clamped upon opposite sides of the rails, being provided with bolt holes E for the bolts F. Tho rail joint thus formed is supported on the ties G, H and I, the bolt heads J being inside the rails.

A rail joint thus constructed affords a practically continuous rail. It tends td prevent-the end of one raill from mov-ing rela- 65 tive to the other, so that the wheels do not batter or pound the ends of the railsthat is to say, at least notas much so as heretofore. The construction is simple and inexi pensive. 70

lVhat is claimed as the inventionis:

l. In a rail joint, a support for the ends ot the rails, a portion integral' with said support for engaging the inside of the rails, a portion integral with said support at the outer sidel thereof, which last mentioned portion' has a rounded inner edge, and an angle bar applied to the outer side ot' the rails and provided externally with a, longitudinal groove for said rounded edge, which groove prevents movement of said rounded edge outwardly or away from the rail.

2. In a rail joint, a flat portion serving as a support for the ends of the rails, a fiat vertical portion fitting within and engaging 485 the inner side of the rails, a itat portion extending.horizontally to connect said vertical portion with vthe inner' edge` of said supy port, an outer portion formed integral with the outer edge ot' said support, said outer 9o portion -having a depending inner' edge disposed near the side of the rail, an angle barv fitted within and engaging the outer side of the rails, the horizontal portion of said angle bar being provided externally with agroove or depression for engaging the depcnding edge of said outer portion, and bolts extending through the angle bar and rails and the said vert :al portion.` 1

3. ln a rail joint, a plate extending oontinuously from one side of the rails to the other, so as to support and embrace the ends or' the rails. au angle bar interposed between a. portion ol said pluto and oneI side of the rails, said portion bearing downward upon the said bar, and bolts that extend through the angle bar and rails and plaies to hold l Signed by me at Globe, Arizona, this 24- 10 the rails together. l day of May l910.-

. in The mplnved joint, San'l hav* R mg an angle .bar .Whlch 1S pmmded With-an Administrator of the i estate 0 L ifo/wi 4fl, external longitudmal groove, a plate havmg K. b ZZ I 1 0 e Z means for engaging said groove, and holte m' a (66e '8 L that extend through the angle bar and mils and plate to hold the rails together, substantially as shown and described.

`Wtnesses H. P. VIGHTMAN, J. L. VJALES. 

